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11th Grade
10/04/2011

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Aberration
Definition
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
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Aberrant
Definition
Markedly diffrent from an accepted norm.
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Abet
Definition
To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of
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Abeyance
Definition
A state of suspension or temporary inaction
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Abjure
Definition
To recant, renouce, repudiate under oath
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Ablution
Definition
A washing or cleansing, especially of the body
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Abrogate
Definition
To abolish, repeal
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Abscond
Definition
To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest
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Abstemious
Definition
Charaterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food
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Abstruse
Definition
Dealing with matters difficult to be understood
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Abut
Definition
To touch at the end or boundary line
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Accede
Definition
To agree
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Acquiesce
Definition
To comply, submit
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Acrid
Definition
Harshly pungent or bitter
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Acumen
Definition
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment
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Adage
Definition
An old saying
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Admonition
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Gentle reproof
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Adumbrate
Definition
To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem
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Affable
Definition
Easy to approach
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Aggrandize
Definition
To cause to appear greatly
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Agog
Definition
In eager desire
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Agog
Definition
In eager desire
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Alacrity
Definition
Cheerful willingness
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Alcove
Definition
A covered recess connected w/ or at the side of a larger room
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Amalgamate
Definition
To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body
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Ambidextrous
Definition
Having the ability of using both hands w/ equal skill or ease
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Abiguous
Definition
Having double meaning
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Ameliorate
Definition
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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Anathema
Definition
Anything forbidden, as by social usage
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Animadversion
Definition
The utterance of criticism or censure
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Antediluvian
Definition
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
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Aplomb
Definition
Confidence; coolness
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Apocryphal
Definition
Of doubtful authority or authenticity
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Apogee
Definition
The climax
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Apostate
Definition
False
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Apostheosis
Definition
Deification
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Apposite
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Appropriate
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Apprise
Definition
To give notice to; to inform
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Approbation
Definition
Sanction
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Arboreal
Definition
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees
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Ardor
Definition
Intensity of passion or affection
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Argot
Definition
A specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group
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Arrant
Definition
Notoriously Bad
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Ascetic
Definition
Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion
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Ascribe
Definition
To assign as a quality or attribute
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Asperity
Definition
Harshness or roughness of temper
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Assiduous
Definition
Unceasing; persistent
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Assuage
Definition
To cause to be less harsh
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Astringent
Definition
Harsh in disposition or character
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Astute
Definition
Keen in discernment
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Atonement
Definition
Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury
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Audacious
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Fearless
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Augury
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Omen
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Auspicious
Definition
Favorable omen
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Austere
Definition
Severely simple; unadorned
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Autocraft
Definition
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence
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Auxiliary
Definition
One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsiidiary or accessory
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Avarice
Definition
Passion for getting and keeping riches
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Aver
Definition
To avouch, justify or prove
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Aversion
Definition
A mental condition or fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing
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Avow
Definition
To declare openly
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Baleful
Definition
Malignant
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Banal
Definition
Commonplace
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Bask
Definition
To make warm by genial heat
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Beatify
Definition
To make supremely happy
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Bedaub
Definition
To smear over, as w/ something oily or sticky
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Belicose
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Warlike
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Belligerent
Definition
Manifesting a warlike spirit
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Benefactor
Definition
A doer of kindly and charitable acts
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Benign
Definition
Good and kind of heart
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Berate
Definition
To scold severely
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Blandishment
Definition
Flattery intended to persuade
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Blatant
Definition
Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous
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Blithe
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Joyous
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Boisterous
Definition
Unchecked merriment or animal spirits
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Bolster
Definition
To support, as something wrong
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Bombast
Definition
Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects
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Boorish
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Rude
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Brittle
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Fragile
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Broach
Definition
To mention, for the first time
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Bumptious
Definition
Full of offensive and agressive self-conceit
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Buoyant
Definition
Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat
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Burnish
Definition
To make brillant or shining
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Cabal
Definition
a number of persons secretly united for effecting by some private purpose
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Cacophony
Definition
a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones
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